Sam Duffy
A GREAT NOVEL ABOUT A GREAT COP
Every now and then, I read a historical novel in which the writer diligently researched the times and career of their protagonist, but didn’t...
ANOTHER SLICE OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA
I recently taught a class at the Illinois State Rifle Range in Kankakee, Illinois. Set in the “breadbasket of the nation” farmlands surrounding that...
“IN THE HALLS OF JUSTICE…
…most of the justice is in the halls.”
That classic phrase among lawyers aptly describes how things work. When criminal charges are levied by the...
A BRIEF PAUSE FOR A COMMERCIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
I try not to use this blog to blow my own horn or profit, but one of my publishers has just offered a ten-dollar...
REFLECTIONS ON LOSERS
The latest mass murder spree, this one in California, has once again led the media to focus on guns. The killer’s family has announced...